A Croydon-based music producer has kindly offered to professionally record and release the song sung by New Addington school children at the tram crash memorial.

Pupils from Fairchildes Primary School and Meridian High School, both on Fairchildes Avenue, beautifully sang a rendition of Somewhere Only We Know by Keane at the service last Thursday (November 9) as a tribute to the seven victims who died in the derailment last year.

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If, for whatever reason, permission is not given, Mr Ransome told the Advertiser that he can help the school get around that by helping them write a song of their own.

He said: “It will be fantastic to do as the song sounded so good on the phone recording, and I am particular with audio, so it will be great to do.

“I think it’s a brilliant idea and it does bring people together. It will also hopefully help raise some money too.”

The song would be dedicated to the families of the tram crash victims and all proceeds raised would be donated to the tram crash fund.

Pupils from Fairchildes Primary School and Meridian High School singing at the service (Image: Grant Melton)

Martin Giles, Meridian High School headteacher, told the Advertiser that the prospect of recording the song has got him “excited”.

Speaking on behalf of his school and Ros Sandell, executive headteacher at Fairchildes Primary School, Mr Giles said: "Ros Sandell and myself are very excited at the prospect of the children having the experience of recording in a studio and hope that permission to use the song can be gained.

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“We are very grateful to Chris Ransome for his generous offer and to the Croydon Advertiser for pursuing this.

“We hope that we can make this happen as it would be a wonderful and fitting way to help and support the families who were so badly affected by the awful tram accident."

The memorial on Central Parade in New Addington (Image: Grant Melton)

Marilyn Logan, the wife of 52-year-old Philip who was one of the seven people who tragically lost their lives in the crash, supports the idea.

The 63-year-old said: “I think it’s absolutely fantastic. I think it ought to be put on a CD, as well as iTunes, as not everyone has access to iPhones.

“It’s a fantastic idea and it will give all those little girls some recognition of what they did at such a sad time.

Marilyn, pictured left with her grandson Daniel, and with Phil, right, when they tied the knot in 2002 in Cyprus (Image: Grant Melton)

“There were all those MPs, people like Saqid Khan and so many people of standing and everyone I spoke to, even the emergency services, said how wonderful they were.

“It [the song] puts a very, very happy feel to a very sad time and it’s very uplifting to think all those little girls and boys stood up and sang their hearts out for the people who died and the people who were injured [in the crash].”

*If one year on from the tram crash you want to reach out to the Advertiser to tell your story, please email sam.truelove@croydonadvertiser.co.uk, call 01737 305557 or tweet @samtruelove1. All contact will be treated with the utmost sensitivity